Interview with Laurent Fargeton, Responsible of Solutions for Wineries and Oak, Vivelys/Boisé France. 

Crafting Your Wines with No Quality Compromise

With the new Boisé Signature products, quality and precision are specifically chosen to make your wines stand out.

You are launching two new products to enhance the Boisé France line, Signature Y and Signature T. Could you talk about these two products and their origin?

At Boisé, we focus on every aspect of the production process. Each new product is the proven result of many years of R&D.

The current Boisé Origine range  is comprised of a selection of 11 different oak chips made of 100% French oak. Each product has specific organoleptic characteristics that can be assembled to serve as a basis for the winemaker in creating wine profiles.

Working closely with wineries, we have come to recognize their needs and saw an  opportunity to start two new pre-blending recipes, called Signature T and Y. The new products give winemakers  an easy, convenient solution. Each blend can help achieve two different organoleptic goals and work well on most grape varieties.

How did you determine the two organoleptic goals and how did you prove they could be used on different varieties?

We decided on the two organoleptic goals based on the different market trends we see every day: more rounded and fruity wines or more elegant oaked wines.

Our initial goal was to simplify the use of our Origine range for small and medium-sized wineries. Hence, we want to make it easy for them to use and to store the products.

During the R&D process, Vivelys consultants started working on three different wines to define the oak recipes that seemed to best produce these two effects.

We tested the recipes through different “Oak” workshops carried out at our customers’ wineries where we were able to confirm that they produced the desired sensory effects. We tested them on many red and white grape varieties including: Merlot, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache, Syrah, Viognier, Sangiovese, Carménère, Malbec, Tempranillo, and etc from France, Italy, Spain, USA, Chile, and Argentina.

That’s a wide range of wines. Are these two products always used in the same way?

No, the use of two products is  similar to our Origine range. Winemakers need to adjust the dose according to the desired goal.

Signature Y, the blend bringing fruity notes and roundness, can be used in doses between 1 and 3g/l. Oak notes will appear if higher doses are used.

Signature T, the blend bringing elegant oak characters, should be used in higher doses, between 3 and 5g/l.

An interesting point about T and Y is that they can be combined with other products of the Origine line to obtain more customized wine profiles.

Could you tell us more about Boisé France?

Boisé France was founded more than 20 years ago. The aim was to offer an oak-related tool that would adapt to wines and benefit them with everything that contributes to the richness of a wine, but without predominance of oak over other characters.

The core of our offerings has always been the precision and reproducibility of results. Vivelys consultants help customers create their own recipes through our oak workshop.

To talk with our consultants, please contact Cecilia Cunningham at cc@vivelys.com or Leslie Renaud at lr@vivelys.com.

To obtain samples of Signature Y and Signature T, please contact our North America distributor, G3 Enterprises at G3.Info@G3Enterprises.com.